People expect preachers to proclaim the gospel not only through their
words, but also through their lives. So preachers get busy with good works
as well as good words. But what strengths of character do preachers need
in order to let their light shine without burning out? Barbara Brown Taylor,
holder of the Harry R. Butman Chair in Religion and Philosophy at Piedmont
College and an Episcopal priest whose noble simplicity has made her (according
to Newsweek,) one of the 12 most effective preachers in the English language,
will describe three prime virtues needed by every faithful preacher.